029 - Time Management for Tutors

Welcome to another episode of The Tutor Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Neil Cowmeadow shares his top time management tips. Learn how to make better use of your time and make your business more consistent, more successful and overall, more profitable. Time does not exist in any substantial sense and therefore we can exert no influence over Time. 
Time is a useful illusion invented to allow mankind to make sense of life and our place in the world. 

But the truth is that we can only ever live in one instant – the Now.

 Discover how to build your business to service your life not your life to serve your business and how you too, can outsource everything and create a daily routine that puts the most important things first. KEY TAKEAWAYS Top Time Management Tips Think strategically and Plan ahead, consider planning in the Long range (15 years), Medium range (5 years) and Short range (1 year). Diarise a review every six months. Make sure your plans are moving forward and are still the right plans to achieve your goals. Develop a range of tactics that will produce the results you want over the timeframes you specify. Figure out the order of the tactics and mark them up in your diary, planner or software. Schedule Operations, the daily actions to execute each tactic in turn. Completing each operation will complete the tactic, and the tactic will contribute toward the execution of the strategy. Put the most important things in your diary first. This can be holidays, family time and learning/training dates to boost your education. Batch operations do similar and related tasks all in one block of time Localise off-site work and travel less – use a map to cluster your students into tight geographic zones or areas, then consolidate all your students’ lessons into a small time-window within their area. Plan for tomorrow, today and make a note in your diary of what you want to achieve tomorrow. Outsource, outsource everything you can. if you can get anything done to the same or better standard you can do it, for less than your own hourly earning rate, then you MUST outsource it. Automate, A little set-up time can give you an ongoing time saving for years Have a daily routine, having a default day takes a lot of decisions away, a daily plan prompts you to do what needs done, day-in, day-out. Buy multiples of any clothing you wear for work, effectively, give yourself a uniform. You’ll save time and appear more consistent to your clients and contacts. BEST MOMENTS “Yesterday’s gone, and tomorrow is a dream away” “People trust and pay more for consistency.
” VALUABLE RESOURCES Neil Cowmeadow - Weird Things Guitarists Do www.Neilcowmeadow.com Elephant Sandwiches - The simplest time management ever ABOUT THE HOST Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil’s invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS! CONTACT METHOD [email protected]